News Links - 4/27/07

[dleedlee]

Election - A Low-Key Gangster’s Rise in Sunny Hong Kong
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/movie ... ref=slogin
Triad Election - ... Leads to a Game of Wits in a Sinister Underworld
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/movie ... ei=5087%0A

Chinese Director Chen Kaige Lectures at Japanese University
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/27/1301@221141.htm

Cannes flies Hou's "Red Balloon"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1242/1/

Weinsteins investing in Asian films
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... c3e7732bf0

Film Shootings at Nature Reserves, Scenic Spots Banned
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/26/60@220861.htm

Campus massacre films face a ban - Dark Matter and The Killer Within
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 706612.ece

J.A. Media packs punch at Cannes
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796 ... id=13&cs=1
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1246/1/

PBS to Offer Special Programming for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,
http://sev.prnewswire.com/film-motion-p ... 007-1.html

LAW & ORDER: SVU EXEC REPRIMANDED FOR RACISM ON SET
http://www.pr-inside.com/law-amp-order- ... 106810.htm

Monster Reigns (Rain) at Korean's Baeksang Awards
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/04/26/1261@220754.htm

Soong May-ling's Former Residence to Open to Public
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2007/04/26/60@220946.htm


China Campaigns for Improved Travel Etiquette
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2007/04/26/60@220921.htm

U.S. troops used 'comfort women' after WWII
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/25/comfor ... index.html

[Brian Thibodeau]

Weinsteins investing in Asian films
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... c3e7732bf0

Anyone notice this:

Titles that the fund is expected to handle include Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights," the opening-night film at the Festival de Cannes, and a remake of the Hong Kong martial arts movie "Come Drink With Me," directed by Quentin Tarantino.

When it comes to remaking classic Hong Kong martial arts pictures, no name leaps faster to my mind than Quentin Tarantino . I'll believe it when I see it, I suppose. And then after that, maybe he'll do something original.

[dleedlee]

Vaguely recall Tarantino was doing a 'Chinese' film but haven't kept close tabs.


Stumbled across this searching the blogs, though:

Asiaphile Quentin Tarantino does a photo shoot in GQ with two naked Asian female models. “In one shot, Tarantino is bound up on the floor by one model while the other attempts to kiss him while hanging from a nearby wall.”

http://www.angryasianman.com/2007/04/ti ... ntino.html

[edit] Linn Haynes mentioned Avenging Eagle here:
http://www.kfccinema.com/xtemplex/index ... =tarantino

[Brian Thibodeau]

God, those GQ spreads have got to be the most retarded thing I've ever seen, even from Tarantino, who as an artist is little more than the sum total of his influences. It's things like that, unfortunately, that give the rest of us non-Asian fans of Asian cinema (not to mention world cinema!) and culture a bad reputation, especially, it would seem, in the eyes of folks at sites like angryasianman.com. It's bad enough that everyone has to be subjected to his incresingly disturbing foot fetishes, but this is just tasteless.

Not surprisingly, I could see Thomas Weisser getting those framed...

[dleedlee]

I haven't ventured to look yet myself - afraid that it wouldn't be 'office friendly'.

[dleedlee]

Ming Ming review
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 27/1/.html

Bubblegum bandits
HK hottie Daniel Wu spoofs boy bands (and himself) in directorial debut The Heavenly Kings
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id= ... sue_num=30

[Brian Thibodeau]

I haven't ventured to look yet myself - afraid that it wouldn't be 'office friendly'.

Yeah, they're a little risque. Luckily, I work in a corner spot!